After five seasons of love, friendship and early-adulting awkwardness, Insecure is officially coming to an end. The series finale airs on HBO Sunday, Dec. 26 and it's got critics and fans looking back on the show's larger pop culture legacy. The award-winning comedy-drama has been hailed for its complex, revolutionary depictions of millennial Blackness. To look back on the show's influence on TV and music, NPR Music's All Songs Considered podcast held a roundtable retrospect discussion with Insecure music supervisor Kier Lehman.

After five seasons of love, friendship and early-adulting awkwardness, Insecure is officially coming to an end. The series finale airs on HBO Sunday, Dec. 26 and it's got critics and fans looking back on the show's larger pop culture legacy. The award-winning comedy-drama has been hailed for its complex, revolutionary depictions of millennial Blackness. To look back on the show's influence on TV and music, NPR Music's All Songs Considered podcast held a roundtable retrospect discussion with Insecure music supervisor Kier Lehman.

After five seasons of love, friendship and early-adulting awkwardness, Insecure is officially coming to an end. The series finale airs on HBO Sunday, Dec. 26 and it's got critics and fans looking back on the show's larger pop culture legacy. The award-winning comedy-drama has been hailed for its complex, revolutionary depictions of millennial Blackness. To look back on the show's influence on TV and music, NPR Music's All Songs Considered podcast held a roundtable retrospect discussion with Insecure music supervisor Kier Lehman.

All Songs Considered: Legacy, Okay?!

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